It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.

I could make a difference.

Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.

Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.

I believe in work. If somebody doesn't create something, however small it may be, he gets sick. An awful lot of people feel that they're treading water -- that if they vanished in smoke, it wouldn't mean anything at all in this world. And that's a despairing and destructive feeling. It'll kill you.